شعل

مِشْعَلٌ ذ A certain thing, (S, O, K,) used by the Arabs of the desert, (S, O,) made of skins (S, O, K) sewed together, like the نِطَع [q. v.], (S, O,) having four legs (S, O, K) of wood, to which it is bound, so that it becomes like the wateringtrough; (S, O;) [ the beverage called ] نَبِيذ is prepared in it, (S, O, K,) because [ generally ] they have not jars: (S, O:) also called ↓ مِشْعَالٌ: (O, K:) pl. مَشَاعِلُ. (S, O.) شَرِبَ مِشْعَلًا occurs in a trad. [as meaning He drank the quantity that filled a مِشْعَل of نَبِيذ]. (O.) ― -b2- Also i. q. مِصْفَاةٌ [ A clarifier, or strainer, for wine &c.]: (O, K:) pl. as above. (TA.)